Joseph Kurup

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup PSM SPDK SSAP
Ministerial roles
2008–2010	Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development
2010–2013	Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
2013–2018	Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Ministerial roles (Sabah)
1985–1986	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
1986–1990	Deputy Chief Minister
1986–1990	Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Works
1990–1994	Minister of Finance
1994–1999	Deputy Chief Minister
1994–1997	Minister of Industrial Development and Trade
1997–1999	Minister of Human Resources, Education, Science, Technology and Entrepreneurial Development
2002–2004	Minister of Youth and Sports
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2008–2018	Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
1985–1990	Barisan Nasional
1990–1994	United Sabah Party
1994–1999	Barisan Nasional
2002–2008	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	(1944-12-15)15 December 1944 Keningau, Japanese-occupied North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Died	17 April 2024(2024-04-17) (aged 79) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Political party	Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) (1986–1994) Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) (1994–2024)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (1986–2018, 2022–2024) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (2020–2022)
Spouse	Melinda Mak Soak Fong
Children	6 (including Arthur)

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup (15 December 1944 – 17 April 2024) was a Malaysian politician who served as 1st and founding President of the Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from March 1994 to January 2023, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from March 2008 to May 2018. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pensiangan from March 2008 to May 2018. He also served as Deputy Chief Minister of Sabah, State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, State Minister of Communications and Works, State Minister of Finance, State Minister of Industrial Development, State Minister of Resource Development and Enterprise and State Minister of Youth and Sports of Sabah under former Chief Ministers Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Sakaran Dandai, Salleh Said Keruak, Yong Teck Lee, Bernard Giluk Dompok, Osu Sukam, Chong Kah Kiat and Musa Aman in the BN state administration from 1985 to 2004. He was a founding member of the PBRS and was a member of the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS). He was also the father of Arthur Joseph Kurup, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Pensiangan MP and PBRS President. Kurup died in Kuala Lumpur on 17 April 2024, at the age of 79.^[1]